N-A-A Chapter 124 Elder of the Zhili Clan
Chapter 124 Elder of the Zhili Clan
Chapter 126 Elder of the Zhili Clan
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
"You need to learn from your experience and make better use of your Yin Release power and eye power. Shouting won't work," Jing reminded him from the side.
At this moment, Akaishi formed a hand seal with one hand and kept calling out the name of "Shadow Clone Technique", but he could not make a clone!
Essentially, this is not a technique of "one-handed hand seals," but a more complex one that alters some aspects of the nature of ninjutsu.
The cross seal of the "Shadow Clone Technique" is different from the regular twelve seals. It represents "one yin and one yang". What Akaishi wants to do now is not to use the technique of "one-handed seal" to achieve one yin and one yang with one hand, but to emphasize yin and de-emphasize yang by not forming the yang seal.
However, this clearly didn't go smoothly.
Jing glanced at the time and said, "Practice on your own first, I'll check on your progress tonight."
After finishing her sentence, Kagami left the training ground. In terms of teaching, Kagami was clearly a proponent of instruction, wanting Akaishi to learn on his own.
Or, provide guidance only after the student has accumulated enough experience of failure.
Akaishi was actually quite pleased with this!
Although the clone was not successfully created during the continuous practice, the pupil power was indeed consumed. Chishi also needed to use the "eye protection device" to accelerate recovery and clear away fatigue and hidden injuries. It was also inconvenient for the Mirror Clan elder to watch over him.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
call-
After yet another failure, the depleted pupil power made Akashi's eyes feel somewhat uncomfortable.
So Akaishi sat down cross-legged and silently used the "Wangjie Eye Protection Device" to clear away eye fatigue and quickly restore his pupil strength.
During this time, Akaishi also reflected on his own actions.
The concept of Yin emphasizes the importance of "creating form from nothingness" —
Try creating a mirror image clone now?
No, the Mirror Clan didn't mention mirroring, so that should be a later step. Forcing a mirror image now would just increase the difficulty unnecessarily!
After regaining his pupil power, Akaishi opened his eyes and prepared to continue practicing.
However, as soon as he opened his eyes, he found an old woman with purple hair sitting on a bench next to the practice field with her eyes closed.
"Elder of the Zhili clan!" Akashi quickly stepped forward to greet him.
Currently, the only elders in charge of affairs in the Uchiha clan are Lan Yu and Jing. Strictly speaking, only Lan Yu is in charge, as Elder Jing usually works in the Anbu.
However, there are actually many elders, but—
He's either one-eyed or completely blind!
In the preceding decade of civil war, the Uchiha clan suffered countless casualties, and due to the misuse of forbidden techniques, many members lost one or two eyes.
The Sharingan is meant to be used in pairs to achieve its best effect; having only one is not as simple as halving the effect, not to mention the possibility of complete blindness!
These elders are mostly enjoying their retirement years and do not participate in regular clan gatherings, only appearing at large clan events during festivals.
The Uchiha clan members kept quiet about the civil war and avoided talking about it in general. Therefore, Akaishi only vaguely knew that it was caused by the so-called rebels, but he did not know the specific details. However, among these clan elders who each had 0.5 eyes, the elder Chiri was the most respected.
It is said that the elder of the Chiri clan is not as old as he appears on the surface. In order to develop and use a forbidden technique to stop internal strife, in addition to losing his Sharingan, his body also suffered a great backlash, making him appear older than he actually is.
"It's alright, little Akashi, don't worry about me. You continue practicing, I'll just watch from the side." The elder of the Chiri tribe smiled kindly and benevolently.
Since the elder of the Zhili clan said so, Chishi continued his cultivation.
As a clan elder, Akaishi didn't need to worry about "stealing" anything.
Besides, "take a look" was just a polite gesture; Chiri couldn't actually see anything.
"Shadow Clone Technique!" Akaishi lowered his voice.
After another series of failures, Chishi looked at the elder of the Chiri tribe with some embarrassment, only to see the elder still smiling and "looking" in his direction.
then----
Akaishi secretly formed hand seals and succeeded twice.
We should at least let the elders of the Zhili clan hear the sound of the clone successfully emerging, right?
Otherwise, people would think I'm just practicing my talking here.
After "faking ninjutsu," Akaishi looked at the elder of the Chiri clan, whose smile became even more benevolent, and felt a little embarrassed. He silently switched back to making hand seals with one hand.
As the sun began to set, Akaishi still hadn't succeeded even once.
The elder of the Chili tribe sat beside him the whole time, sometimes nodding off when he got sleepy. Chishi gradually got used to it and acted as if no one was around.
"Hmm?" Zhili nodded heavily again and woke up, but still kept her eyes closed.
"Little Red Stone." Zhili stood up at this moment.
"Elder Chiri, are you going back? I—" Akashi hesitated, wondering whether to say, "Let me help you."
After all, some of the blind elders have bad tempers, and helping them usually only results in being scolded.
Chiri shook his head and said, "No need, but—I think you're practicing using Yin Release to create Shadow Clone Technique, aren't you?"
Akashi was taken aback upon hearing this, but then nodded—and upon seeing the elder's eyes, he immediately said, "Yes."
"I've heard your Fire Release techniques are very powerful; you even have a Shadow Clones infused with Fire Release chakra. Did you know that?"
The elder of the Zhili tribe asked a thought-provoking question.
"You mean—Fire Release: Shadow Clone Technique?" Of course, Akaishi had heard of it.
It's a shadow clone formed using fire-style chakra. The side effect is that the chakra cannot be recovered, but the additional effect is that when the shadow clone is destroyed, it will unleash a fire-style attack on surrounding targets!
In other words, the "shadow clones" are used as self-destructing agents.
Some ninjas specializing in Fire Release use it, but it's not very common—after all, it requires using half of one's chakra as a self-destructing human, and the power it unleashes is not stronger than directly using Fire Release ninjutsu.
The only effective use case is probably when the enemy is skilled in taijutsu or careless and allows the Fire Release: Shadow Clone to get close to you. At this time, a sudden burst can cause considerable damage!
"You're very good at Fire Release ninjutsu, right? Why don't you try it out first?" Chiri asked matter-of-factly.
This idea also reminded Akashi that the more common Fire Release Shadow Clone and Lightning Release Shadow Clone seem to be more comparable to the "Mirror Clone"!
Since using Yin Release: Shadow Clone Technique directly yields no results, perhaps—
"Thank you so much, Elder Chiri!" Akashi quickly thanked Chiri for her guidance.
"Haha, it's nothing—and you can just call me Grandma Chiri." Chiri laughed twice before saying this.
As the elder of the Zhili tribe—no, Grandma Zhili—staggered out of the training ground, Akaishi called out to her retreating figure, "Thank you, Grandma Zhili!"
Chiri is actually not even fifty years old, but in the ninja world, this age is not considered young for Akaishi's grandmother. In fact, if Akaishi's grandmother were still alive, she would be about the same age.
Moreover, due to her physical condition, Chiri looks older, so calling her "Grandma" doesn't seem out of place.
After Grandma Chiri left, Akaishi continued practicing, but—
This time, they started practicing "Fire Release: Shadow Clone Technique"!
Like "Mirror Clone," this is also a secret technique, essentially a "Shadow Clone," and therefore cannot be directly copied.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
"Fire Shadow Clone Technique!"
When Jing returned, he found that Akaishi was forming hand seals and his entire body was boiling with fire chakra. He was taken aback at first, but then he understood and smiled slightly.
"Looks like you've figured it out?" Jing said at this moment.
Upon hearing Jing's voice, Akaishi stopped and then said somewhat embarrassedly, "It was Elder Zhili who reminded me."
"The elder of the Chiri clan—" Kagami's expression shifted, and he immediately said, "The elder of the Chiri clan should be the one in the clan who knows the most about the Sharingan's secret techniques. It would be best if she were willing to give you some pointers."
Akashi was taken aback by what he heard, not expecting that Kagami had such a high opinion of the elder of the Chiri clan.
Immediately afterward, Mirror gave Akaishi some pointers on "Fire Release: Shadow Clone Technique" and then told Akaishi to take a break. In Mirror's opinion, even if Akaishi took breaks, his eyes should already be very tired after practicing all day.
Akaishi didn't argue, but simply said, "Okay! I'll practice a little longer and then rest."
Knowing that Akaishi was always diligent and that he was sensible and wouldn't let his eyes get damaged, Jing left with peace of mind.
But after turning around, Jing frowned slightly.
After walking a few steps, Jing encountered Jian Cheng.
"Chieftain," Jing stopped to greet him.
Jian Cheng was obviously waiting for him as well, and walked with him, asking, "Is Chi Shi's cultivation not going well?" He also noticed Jing's expression.
"Akaishi works very hard and has great talent in ninjutsu, but—" Kagami paused as he spoke.
Jian Cheng thought to himself, "As expected, there is a 'however'."
After a pause, Jing continued, "His cultivation of the [Mirror Clone] is still a bit slow. At this rate, it will be difficult to even get started. With only half a month, he might not make much progress—I'll prepare for the teaching he will receive later."
Indeed, in Jing's view, Akaishi's progress in the first step was not satisfactory, and he might not be able to learn it at all. Moreover, there are only fifteen days left, and preparations should be made to change the training program!
"Thank you for your trouble," Jiancheng said with a hint of regret.
Jing made a name for himself with his "Mirror Clone," but Jiancheng still felt that the "Mirror Clone" was stronger!
But there's nothing I can do; if I can't learn it, I just can't learn it.
Kagami was able to develop "Kagami clones" because his "Susanoo" came with the spiritual artifact "Yasaka Mirror".
He cultivated the "Mirror Clone" through this mirror.
Although a normal training method was later deduced, allowing Mirror to use "Mirror Clone" without activating the "Mangekyou Sharingan," no one else has yet been able to learn it.
Meanwhile, Akaishi clearly didn't feel his progress was slow and continued to train diligently, starting with "Fire Release: Shadow Clone Technique"—
The next day, seeing that Akaishi had not yet mastered "Fire Release: Shadow Clone Technique", Kagami suggested that he change the training content. Kagami had also stayed up all night to make other preparations.
but----
"Elder Jing, isn't there still two days left? I want to try again," Chishi said, unwilling to give up.
Seeing that Akaishi persisted, Kagami did not forcibly stop him, but merely reminded him that the second step was much more difficult than the first. In fact, if he only learned the first step within three days, then there was probably little hope for the second step.